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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Beauty and Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of argument about religion did Kant believe had little weight?
(a) Ontological arguments.
(b) Scientific arguments.
(c) Cosmological arguments.
(d) Arguments from design.

2. Despite being dedicated to reason, which of the following described Kant?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Unintelligent.
(c) Religious.
(d) Superstitious.

3. According to Kant, what is essential to the development of an ethical theory?
(a) Existence of phenomena.
(b) Existence of God.
(c) Existence of noumena.
(d) Existence of soul.

4. Why does noumena serve a negative role in Kant's philosophy?
(a) It is logically impossible to know what role noumena play in phenomena.
(b) Noumena are generally negative objects.
(c) It is logically impossible to know what a thing is in itself.
(d) Kant's system does not acknowledge the existence of noumena.

5. What did the "transcendental unity of apperception" begin?
(a) The understanding of "categories of thought".
(b) Kant's objective argument.
(c) The study of subjectivity.
(d) The study of substance versus properties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "You should not steal" an example of?

2. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?

3. What food was used as an example to imply the unchanged existence of some medium?

4. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?

5. What does Kant's ethical system sometimes defy?

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